Fishing lure



April 12, 1949. .E. E. NORDQUlST FISHING LURE Filed March 12, 1947 ATTD R N EYS Patented Apr. 12, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FISHING LURE Eddie E. Nordquist, Toms River, N. J. Application March 12, 1947, Serial No. 734,067

1 Claim.

This invention relates to fishing lure.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a fishing lure which will fioat on the water surface when not in motion but when being pulled will be drawn downwardly below the surface of the water and which due to its construction will be caused to move first to one side and then the other in a zigzag manner,

It is another object of the present invention to provide a fishing lure which can be given a great variety of maneuvers in accordance with the will of the angler and the manner in which the lure is pulled through the water.

Other obj ects of the present invention is to provide a fishing lure having the above qualities which is of simple construction, inexpensive to manufacture and which is efiicient in operation.

For other objects and for a better understand- .ing of the invention, reference may be had to the following detail description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in. which Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of the fishing lure embodying the features of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a front elevational view of the fishing lure.

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the fishing lure, with rear hook removed.

Referring now to the figures, II! represents the main body of the lure which has an enlarged head portion II and a tail portion I2. On the head portion I I is an eye I3 by which connection of the lure can be made with the line. On the rear portion I2 is a bent loop I4 connected therewith by means of a screw I5 to which a multiple pointed fish hook I6 is connected. The body It! may be painted with any design or color that may he wanted.

The belly of the body I!) is grooved as indicated at IT and I8 on the opposite sides of the same and within these grooves and extending below the same are forwardly and downwardly inclined spinners l9, one spinner being in and extending below each groove. The spinner I9 has a large forward or head end 2I and a rearwardly tapered portion extending from the head portion toward the rear of the body I9. The spinners I9 are made of twisted sheet metal of tapered configuration and have an axle portion 22 on its forward and an axle portion 23 on its rearward end. Connected to the head portion I I and extending across the bottom of the same is abracket 24 having openin s at the opposite ends of the same to receive the axle portion 22 of the spinners and serving to maintain them in laterally spaced positions relative to one another and within the grooves and below the body. The ends of the bracket 25 extend downwardly and slightly rearwardly as indicated at 25. Screws 26 are used for connecting the bracket 24 to the body. Eyes 21 are disposed in the rear portion I2 of the body to retain the axle portion 23 of the spinners IS. The spinners are accordingly mounted to be forwardly and downwardly inclined.

On the bottom of the body I0 and between the spinners I9 there is connected a loop 28 to which is connected a multiple pointed hook 29 which will extend rearwardly under the body.

While detail changes may be made in my construction, it shall be understood that such changes shall be within the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claim.

I claim:

A fishing lure comprising a body having a head portion and a rear portion, fish hooks connected to the body, and forwardly and downwardly inclined spinners connected to the opposite sides of the body for rotation as the body is pulled through the water, said body having longitudinally extending grooveswithin the belly or bottom of the same and at o posite sides thereof, said spinners respectively disposed so as to extend ipartly within the grooves of the body and said spinners having forwardly and rearwardly extending axle portions, and a single bracket connected to the bottom of the body at the forward ends of said grooves and extending transversely thereacross, said bracket having depending side ends adapted to receive the axle portions on the forward end of the spinners, and means disposed at the ends of the gnooves on opposite sides of the body for connecting the rear axle portions of the spinners to the body for rotation relative thereto.

EDDIE E. NORDQUIST.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 358,471 Nealy Mar. 1, 1887 974,493 Immell Nov. 1, 1910 1,731,161 Farley Oct. 8, 1929 1,842,127 Stickel et a1 Jan. 19, 1932 

